Apparatus for receiving, issuing, and counting bank notes



S. CHIGER April 3, 1934.

APPARATUS FOR'RECEIVING, ISSUING, AND COUNTING BANK NOTES Filed Dec. 14,1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l l l l l "WIN NNW

April 3, 1934. s. cHlGER APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING, ISSUIN,A AND GOUNTINGBANK NOTES Filed Deo. 14, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 iwf Patented Apr. 3,1934 UNITED STATES PATENT FFEQE Siegmund Chiger, Berlin,

Germany, assignor to firm G. Z. M. Patentverwertungs Aktiengesellschaft,Glarus, Switzerland Application December 14, 1929, Serial No. 413,975

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Claims.

The invention relates to paper money receiving and dispensing machinesof the type in which the receiving and issuing of the individual billsis effected by means of a conveyor band, wound 5 from one roller ontoanother roller.

In connection with such machines the insertion of the bills consumes agreat deal of time, if the operator must place the bills, one after theother, in a single receiving opening in order to feed same to theconveyor band or tape.

A special purpose of the present invention is to receive a large numberof paper money or bills simultaneously, and to feed same automaticallyin quick succession to the receiving band. In this way an operator neednot wait as heretofore for the complete receiving by the band of eachindividual bill `before inserting another bill, but on the contrary hemay feed the bills one after another rapidly into the differentreceiving devices as the previously inserted bills are withdrawn fromsaid devices. Thus, a considerable saving of time is effected insupplying the machine with any given number of bills.

Another special purpose of the invention is to provide novel means forfeeding the bills successively from the receiving devices to the band.

A further special object of the invention is to provide novel means torender the machine ineffective to actuate the receiving band in theevent it is attempted to operate the machine in the absence of a bill tobe received by said band.

With the foregoing and Various other objects in view, which will becomemore fully apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood,the same consists in the novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and defined in the appendedclaims.

The subject matter of the invention is shown, in an embodiment, in thedrawings, in which Fig. l is a side elevation of the machine showing theparts thereof in normal position. Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly asection, of the machine f showing the parts thereof in an operatingposition.

Figure 3 is a "plan view showing the coupling between the driving rodelement and the band actuating rack of the machine.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the bill supporting table o-f one of the billreceiving devices.

Figure 5 is a plan View illustrating the bill feeding mechanism oi oneof the receiving devices.

Figure 6 is an elevation showing the manner in which the disengaging ofthe band driving deermany December 10, 1928 vice takes place, if anattempt is made to operate the machine in the absence of a bill to bereceived by the band.

The device for the receiving of the bills consists essentially of aconveyor band l, which runs from a roller 2 to a roller 3. The rollers 2and 3 are rotatably mounted on the spindles u and t in the housing wallsg, so that the band l for the receiving of the bills is wound from theroller 3 onto the roller 2, and can be drawn from the roller 2, for theissuing of bills, by means of roller 3. Between the two rollers 2 and 3,there are arranged the guide rollers s and 5, for the band 1, of whichthe former is rotatably supported on the spindle a and the latter isrotatably supported on the spindle r.

The spindle a oi roller 4 is guided for vertical slidingmovement inslots 6 of the housing wall g, and is under the influence of the springsf, which` tend to press the roller 4 against the roller 2. The spindle apasses through a hole in the beam 28, which is arranged horizontally,and is shiitable vertically on guides 29 and 30, if, in accordance withthe diameter of the roller 2, the roller 4, resting against same, movesupward or downward. On the spindle a of the roller i is pivoted a leverc, which carries the spindle r, on which the roller 5 is rotatablysupported. The lever c is provided with an arm 27, which extends, in anarcshaped manner, below the spindle r, and which is provided with a slot6.

The drive of the device takes place by the reciprocating motion of a rodd, which, as shall be described later on, transmits its motion to thewinding-on roller 2. ln this connection the reciprocating motion of therod d can be effected, by any desired means, by hand or by power drive,this not being shown especially in the drawings.

The rod d carries a projection 31, in which a vertical slot 32 isprovided. Mounted on the beam 28 for longitudinal sliding movementrelative thereto is an arm 33, which depends therefrom and carries a pin7, which` passes through the slot 6 of the arm 27, and also through theslot 32 of the rod d. The result of this is that motion of the rod d inthe direction of the arrow 34 swings the arm 27 around the spindle a,and the roller 5 is placed against the roller 2, as shown in Fig. 2. Inthis connection the pin 7, arranged on the arm 33, slides in the slot 6and thereby lifts the lever arm 27. On the other hand, the slot 32 inthe portion 31 of the rod d permits vertical movement of the beam 28 inaccordance with the diameter of the roller 2, and the displacement ofthe beam 28 caused thereby.

Rising from the beam 28 is an arm 38 having a lateral extension 41carrying a pin 40 on which is rotatably mounted a ratchet wheel 19,while pivoted to an extension 1'? of the lever c is a pawl 18 which isadapted, each time the lever is raised, to engage a tooth of the ratchetwheel and rotate the same through a predetermined angle.

The ratchet wheel 19 is disposed to one side of a bill receiving housingwhich is composed of side walls 37 supported by the arm 38 or in anyother suitable manner, and which is divided by any desired number ofdownwardly and inwardly inclined and converging plates 8, 8' into acorresponding number of individual bill receiving compartments, thebottoms of which are constituted by said plates, respectively. Only twosuch compartments formed by the plates 8, 8 are illustrated in thepresent instance, but as many additional compartments as may be foundpractical or desirable may be provided. In this connection it is pointedout that each compartment has a bill feeding mechanism related theretoand that these mechanisms are duplicates of one another. Accordingly, adescription of one will suffice for all. Referring, therefore, to themechanism related to the lowermost compartment, which has arbitrarilybeen selected for purpose of this description, it will first be observedthat the plate 8 is provided at its sides with projections 35 and thatthese projections are disposed in slots 36 in the side walls 37 of thehousing whereby the plate is supported between said side walls forlimited longitudinal movement. It will be observed, moreover, that aspring s is connected at one end with the housing vand at its other endwith the plate 8 whereby said plate is urged constantly outward relativeto the bill receiving band 1 and the roll 2. Further it will be observedthat the plate 8 is provided near its inner end with a laterally u,extending pin or projection n and that a hole 12 is formed through saidplate near its outer end.

Supported between the housing walls 37 above the plate 8 is a shaft 9 onwhich is fixed an arm 10 carrying at its free end a linger l1 which, bymeans of a spring or in any other suitable manner, is urged constantlyoutwardly and is adapted to yield inwardly. At 22 is designated a springwhich tends constantly to swing the arm 10 upwardly and outwardly to aposition in which the free end of the iinger 11 is spaced above theplate, the arrangement in this respect being such that if a bill isresting flat on the plate 8, downward and inward movement of the arm 10will result in the free end of the finger 11 engaging the bill and beingheld by the bill from entering the hole 12 in the plate, the fingerunder such conditions yielding inwardly and wiping across the upper faceof the bill. On the other hand, the arrangement is such that if no billis resting on the plate 8, downward and inward swinging movement of thearm 10 results in the linger 11 entering the hole 12 and impartinginward sliding movement to the plate.

Outside of the housing the shaft 9 has fixed thereto an arm 21 which isdisposed in the path of movement of a circular series of pins projectingfrom the ratchet wheel 19, each pin being adapted, by rotation of saidratchet wheel as effected by the pawl 18, to engage the arm 21 and swingthe same to effect downward and inward swinging of the arm 10 and tosubsequently pass by the free end of said arm 21 to release the same andthe arm 10 whereby the spring 22 is permitted to return the arms totheir normal positions for actuation by the next pin 20. In

this connection it is pointed out that while the angular movementimparted to the ratchet wheel 19 each time the lever c is raised issuicient, if a pin 20 is engaged with the arm 21 at the beginning ofrotation of the ratchet wheel, to swing the arms 21 and 10 through theirfull arcs of movement, the pins 2O are spaced apart in accordance withthe number of bill receiving compartments that are provided so that anyone pin 20 successively actuates the feed mechanisms of all of thecompartments before the next pin is brought into position against thearm 20 to actuate this arm on the next raising of the lever C. Itfollows, therefore, that beginning with the lowermost feed mechanism thefeed mechanisms are successively operated and that following operationof the last or uppermost mechanism the cycle starts over again beginningwith the lowermost mechanism. Because of this the bills are fedsuccessively to the band 1 from the lowermost to the uppermostcompartment, and it further follows' that so long as the operatorcontinues to feed bills to the respective compartments in advance ofactuation of the bill feeding mechanisms related thereto the machinewill continue to operate. In other words, the present machine is as manytimes faster in operation than a machine having only a single billcompartment as there are compartments and related feeding mechanisms inexcess of one. In this connection it is l pointed out that the arms ofthe respective feed mechanisms corresponding to the described arm 21 areso arranged relatively to each other that as any one pin 20 completesthe swinging of one of said arms it is in position to initiate swingingh of the next arm immediately upon initiation of the next step in therotation of the ratchet wheel as effected by the next raising of thelever C. Consequently, idle or wasteful motion of the mechanism is notpermitted.

The finger 11 is not utilized to effect feeding of a bill resting on theplate 8. On the contrary, said finger is employed only to effect inwardsliding movement of the plate 8 in the manner stated in the event of theabsence of a bill from said 1..

plate, and inward movement of the plate is utilized to prevent windingof the band 1 onto the roll 2 in a manner which will later appear,feeding of the bill, when a billis resting on the plate 8, beingeiiected by a brush element 15 which is l connected by a rod 14 with anarm 13 xed to the shaft 9 whereby inward or feeding movement of thebrush element is effected simultaneously with downward and inwardswinging movement of the arm 10. a bill on the downwardly and inwardlyinclined plate 8 while the nger 11 is in its normal raised positionillustrated in Fig. 1, and the bill gravitates or is pushed until itslower or inner end portion underlies the brush 15, which brush may haveits upper or outer portion normally raised slightly above the plate 8 toadmit the inner end of the bill therebeneath. Accordingly, when thebrush is pushed downward it serves by frictional engagement with theupper face of the bill to wheel 19 and effects rotation thereof just inadf In other words, the operator deposits 1f? icc vance of the roller 5reaching the position shown in Figure 2, whereby the operation asdescribed is effected.

Referring now to the arrangement whereby downward or inward slidingmovement of the plate 8 serves to prevent winding of the band 1 onto theroll 2, it will be observed that a rack bar 16 is disposed alongside theactuating rod d and that a bell crank lever h which is pivoted to saidrack bar has one arm thereof constantly urged by a spring 44 into anelongated notch e formed in the rod d, said arm being disposed at theforward end of said notch when the rod d is in its retracted position asshown in Figure 1 so that an amount of movement of the rod d. in aninward direction; i. e., in the direction of the arrow 34, sumcient toraise the lever C and to rotate the ratchet wheel 19 takes place beforethe outer end of the notch e engages the arm of said lever h. In thisconnection it will be noted that the rack bar 16 is operativelyconnected with the roll 2 by a pair of gears 2a, 2b and a pawl andratchet 2d, 2c, whereby movement of the rack in the direction of thearrow 3e effects rotation of the roll 2 in a direction to wind the band1 .thereon and whereby reverse movement of the rack is ineffective torotate the roll 2. Also, in this connection it will be observed that itis only continued inward movement of the rod d, after the ratchet wheel19 has been rotated to advance the inner end of a bill between the roll2 and the roller 5, and after the outer end of the notch e has engagedthe arm of the lever h, which produces inward movement of the rack bar16, whereby rotation of the roll 2 to wind the band 1 thereon iseffected subsequent to feeding of the bill into a position to be woundwith the band onto said roll 2.

The other arm of the lever h is provided with a pin 26 which is disposedin an elongated slot 25 in a rod 2i so that under normal conditions; ile., as long as the bill supporting plates of the feed compartmentsremain in their outer positions, said pin rides freely in said slot andthe first mentioned arm of the lever remains in the notch h whereby therack bar is retracted with the actuating rod d.

When the rack bar 16 is in its retracted position the pin 26 of thelever h is disposed substantially at the outer end of the slot 25 in therod 24. Consequently, if this rod is moved to the right as viewed inFigure 1 the wall defining the outer end of the slot will engage the pin26 and swing the lever h to disengage its first mentioned end from thenotch e whereby inward movement of the actuating rod d will beineffective to impart inward movement to the rack bar, and obviouslyunder such conditions no rotation of the roll 2 will occur. l

At 23 is designated a lever which is pivoted intermediate its ends, asat 42, and which has its upper arm disposed in the path of movement ofthe pin or projection n of the plate 8, whereby inward sliding movementof said plate results in engagement of the pin n with the upper arm ofsaid lever 23 to swing said lever in a clockwise direction as viewed inFigure 1. The inner end of the rod 24 is connected with the lower arm ofsaid lever 23. Consequently, when said lever is rotated in a clockwisedirection the rod `24 is moved inwardly and acts to disengage the leverh from the notch e of the actuating rod d. It follows, therefore, thatin the absence of a bill from the plate 8 reciprocation of the rod dwill simply result in raising and lowering of the lever C and idle stepby step advance of the ratchet wheel 19, as the plate 8 will be movedinward by the lever arm 10 each time the lever C is raised to disconnectthe rod d from the rack bar 16.

At i is designated a pawl which is carried by the rack bar 16 and whichis arranged to actuate through a ratchet wheel 7c to advance a countingdevice designated as Z one unit each time the rack bar is movedinwardly. In this way the total number of bills that are wound on theroll 2 is accurately indicated.

I claim:

1. In apparatus for receiving and issuing paper bills, bill holdingmeans, a plurality of devices for receiving and directing bills to saidbill holding means, means for feeding successive bills to said billholding means from successive guides, and means operable in the absenceof a bill from the device from which a bill should be fed to render thebill holding means ineffective to receive a bill.

2. In apparatus for receiving and issuing paper bills, bill holdingmeans movable to receive the b'lls, a plurality of devices for receivingand directing bills to said bill holding means, means for feedingsuccessive bills to said bill holding means from successive devices, andmeans operable in the absence of a bill from the device from which abill should be fed to prevent movement of the bill holding means toreceive a bill.

3. In apparatus for receiving and issuing paper bills, bill holdingmeans movable to receive the bills, a plurality of devices for receivingand d1'- recting bills to said bill holding means, means for feedingsuccessive bills to said bill holding means from successive devices, abill feeler individual to each device, and means wherebyY each billfeeler is eective to prevent bill receiving movement of the bill holdingmeans in the absence of a bill from the devce from which a bill shouldbe fed.

4. In apparatus for receiving and issuing paper bills, bill holdingmeans movable toI receive the bills, means for imparting bill receivingmovement to the bill holding means, a plurality of devices for receivingand directing bills to said bill holding means, means for feeding billsfrom successive devices to said bill holding means, each deviceincluding a slidably mounted bill supporting plate having an aperture, apivoted bill feeler individual to each device, means for impartingpivotal'movement to the feelers successively, each feeler having aspring pressed element to be projected by pivotal movement oi the feelerintoI the aperture of the related bill supporting plate in the absenceof a bill from said plate thus to shift the plate and to be held fromprojection into said aperture by the presence of a bill on the plate,and means whereby sliding of any given plate by its related feelerrenders the means for moving the bill holding means ineffective to movethe latter means. i

5. In apparatus for receiving and issuing paper bills, bill holdingmeans movable to receive the bills, a plurality of devices for receivingand directing bills to said bill holding means, means for feeding billsfrom successive devices toI said bill holding means, an' operatingmember for the bill holder, a releasable connection between saidoperating means and the bill holder, and means operable in the absenceof a bill from a device from which a bill should be fed to release saidconnection.

SIEGMUND CHIGER.

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